Panama Canal earns record revenue despite drought
The Panama Canal earned record annual revenues of almost $5 billion, despite a reduction in ship traffic due to a drought, its operator said Friday...
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Worst yet to come in Africa drought: UN
A record drought that has devastated crops across southern Africa, causing millions of people to go hungry and pushing five countries to declare a national disaster, is entering...
Crucial farm jobs dry up in Morocco amid drought
In a sun-baked village north of Morocco鈥檚 capital Rabat, Mustapha Loubaoui and other itinerant workers wait idly by the roadside for farm work made scarce by a six-year drought...
Heatwaves, droughts threaten rice yields聽in Bangladesh
Bangladesh faces immense challenges in keeping up its rice production amid frequent heatwaves and droughts in the absence of heat-tolerant rice varieties and...
El Nino drought-hit Zambia seeks $900 million in 鈥榣ife saving鈥� aid
Zambia said on Tuesday that it needed more than $900 million to deal with the worst drought the country has ever recorded and provide 鈥榣ife-saving鈥� assistance to millions of people.聽....